Reflections on George Rogers Taylor's The Transportation Revolution, 1815–1860: A Twenty-five Year Retrospect

Harry N. Scheiber and Stephen Salsbury

Business History Review, 1977, vol. 51, issue 1, 79-89

Abstract: “All books are dead in twenty-five years,” Mr. Justice Holmes wrote to Sir Frederick Pollock. An example of Holmes’ mastery of the art of over-statement, the dictum has its notable exceptions, as even a relatively young discipline such as economic and business history reveals. Professors Scheiber and Salsbury make the case for the permanent impact of one such exception. At the Editor's discretion, communications like the following may be published in the future about other milestones.

Date: 1977
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